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FOI/202500461997 · FOI · unclear

Support from The Scottish Government to retailers: FOI release

Published
2025-09-04
Received
2025-04-14
Responded
2025-04-29
Directorate
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector
Exemptions
25(1)

Information requested

The Scottish Government is supporting retailers through various reliefs, including the Small Business Bonus Scheme, with a total value of £685 million.

Response

The £685 million mentioned in the quote related to the estimated cost of non-domestic rates reliefs in 2024-25.

The information you have requested is available from the Scottish Fiscal Commission's 'Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts - December 2023' under Figure S4.12 in the 'Chapter 4 - Tax - Supplementary Figures' workbook. This can be accessed from the Scottish Fiscal Commission's website at https://fiscalcommission.scot/publications/scotlands-economic-and-fiscal-forecastsdecember-2023/.

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

About FOI

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

Detected exemption language

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.

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